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...have to get down before we can really fire up," Crimson lock Al Halliday said. After the Boston try, the Harvard forwards packed tighter and got lower in the scrum, driving the Boston pack off the ball...
...fool as he was giddy about still being alive." Lengthy erotic descriptions tend to become postcoital arias. But Har rison scores well on the firing range: his humor usually strikes in the killing zone. Dashiell Hammett's low-rent realism made the mystery novel fun to read. War lock demonstrates that it is equally enjoy able to spoof...
...confrontation. Said he: "Someone wants to draw us into a fight because we are winning." The union boss added that he would soon meet with Jaruzelski to discuss the crisis face to face. Walesa said his first question would be: "Shall we save the country, or shall we lock ourselves up in different doctrines? I will tell the general, 'Let us not worry about doctrines. What we need is food.' " But the moderates failed to hold the line. Over Walesa's objections, the 107-member commission voted overwhelmingly to declare a one-hour nationwide warning strike...
CRIMINAL JUSTICE, so often little more than a campaign plank for aspiring politicians, has drawn less attention than ever under the conservative revolution. Across the nation, jail populations are swelling, as political rhetoric has stressed the "lock 'em up and throw away the keys" approach. Lower court judges anxious for reappointment by elected officials have stepped up jail terms and bail appraisals. In city halls from New York to San Francisco, local David Stockmans have slashed budgets for prison upkeep and inmate care; criminals after all, don't vote. In the eyes of America's political leaders, as long...
Take New York City. The already swarming Rikers Island "correctional facility," 99 per cent full to capacity a year ago, is now crowded more than 10 per cent above its formal limits. Yet Mayor Edward Koch continues to blast "soft judges" who refuse to lock up all offenders. Meanwhile, Koch, who will romp to re-election this year, has cut back the budgets of the few departments designed to ease inmates back into society--Probation, Parole, and Mental Health. Sadly, Americans everywhere--obsessed by only political issues of the self, like interest rates--have taken no notice of the horror...